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100+ initiatives, 60 cities, one commitment: low-carbon and inclusive culture in action
A new Eurocities catalogue showcases 100+ city initiatives putting the Lille Call to Action into practice, demonstrating how culture can drive low-carbon transformation and inclusion, and inviting more cities to join the growing group of 60 signatories.
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Eurocities Academy: Practical tools for Urban Food Policy
People need better access to healthy food. This is how the Eurocities Academy helps cities act with practical tools and peer learning.
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“Vulnerabilities are often at the local level, and local actors know best where they are”
Raluca Painter, Head of Unit for the Social Climate Fund at the European Commission, speaks about how local governments are involved in the design and implementation of national social climate plans.
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Breda frames energy losses to get people on board
A frontrunner in the Netherlands in terms of reducing emissions linked to the building stock, Breda is making people see the way towards energy savings.
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Tackling rising emissions in Grenoble’s walls
The ‘capital of the Alps’ is retrofitting eco-friendly insulation into older buildings to tackle the housing sector’s huge emissions footprint.
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Happy birthday, Paris Agreement!
A night of decisions for the EU. Cities welcome the budget approval and consider the new climate targets as a positive step forward.
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Climate and EU budget: cities want results
Ahead of the last meeting of the European Council in 2020, starting this Thursday, cities have formulated clear expectations: more ambitious climate targets and an approval of the EU budget-and-recovery package.
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Next level mobility
Cities and the EU, what are the commitments for future sustainable mobility?
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Eurocities supporting building life campaign
The #BuildingLife campaign, launched this week, hopes to accelerate the ambitions of the European Green Deal in the building sector, and create the first region-wide vision of a net-zero embodied carbon built environment.
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How four EU food cities dealt with the coronavirus pandemic
COVID-19 was a shock to the system for many cities, but Milan, Bergamo, Bordeaux and Grenoble used clever food policy to get through the crisis. Find out how.
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Leipzig lives the Leipzig Charter
Leipzigs mayor Bukhard Jung on why the New Leipzig Charter is important both for his city and all of Europe.
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City news: Helsinki – from crisis to opportunity
With a free business development and coaching service, Helsinki wants to help start-up companies to grow against the corona crisis.
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Bilbao: Slow and steady for the win
Less pollution, safer roads and faster busses: Bilbao shared some compelling reasons to reduce the speed limit on 100% of its streets to 30km/h.
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